DAVAO (AFP) - Philippine president-elect Rodrigo Duterte will impose a nationwide curfew on children being on the streets late at night and is also considering banning the serving of alcohol after midnight, his spokesman said Tuesday (May 10).

The uncompromising mayor of the southern city of Davao floated the idea a day after securing a landslide election victory built on a pledge to wage war on crime and corruption.

But despite warnings by incumbent President Benigno Aquino that Duterte was a dictator in the making, he swept to a landslide victory in what analysts described as a massive protest vote against high crime and poor basic services.

On the campaign trail, Duterte did not highlight his plans for curfews, instead promising to kill tens of thousands of criminals and raise the salaries of security forces.

The Straits Times

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